annotate lisp/ehelp.el @ 4771:d6ddaf79ea6a

(XScreenNumberOfScreen): Move assignments out of declaration for (dpy, dpyscr). Some older versions of MIPS compilers miscompile this expression.
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1 ;;; ehelp.el --- bindings for electric-help mode
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3 ;; Copyright (C) 1986 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5 ;; Maintainer: FSF
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6 ;; Keywords: help, extensions
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8 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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10 ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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11 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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12 ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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13 ;; any later version.
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15 ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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16 ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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17 ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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18 ;; GNU General Public License for more details.
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20 ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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21 ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
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22 ;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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24 ;;; Commentary:
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26 ;; This package provides a pre-packaged `Electric Help Mode' for
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27 ;; browsing on-line help screens. There is one entry point,
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28 ;; `with-electric-help'; All you have to give it is a no-argument
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29 ;; function that generates the actual text of the help into the current
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30 ;; buffer.
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35 (defvar electric-help-map ()
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36 "Keymap defining commands available in `electric-help-mode'.")
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38 (put 'electric-help-undefined 'suppress-keymap t)
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39 (if electric-help-map
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40 ()
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41 (let ((map (make-keymap)))
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42 (fillarray (car (cdr map)) 'electric-help-undefined)
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43 (define-key map (char-to-string meta-prefix-char) (copy-keymap map))
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44 (define-key map (char-to-string help-char) 'electric-help-help)
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45 (define-key map "?" 'electric-help-help)
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46 (define-key map " " 'scroll-up)
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48 (define-key map "." 'beginning-of-buffer)
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49 (define-key map "<" 'beginning-of-buffer)
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50 (define-key map ">" 'end-of-buffer)
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51 ;(define-key map "\C-g" 'electric-help-exit)
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52 (define-key map "q" 'electric-help-exit)
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53 (define-key map "Q" 'electric-help-exit)
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54 ;;a better key than this?
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55 (define-key map "r" 'electric-help-retain)
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57 (setq electric-help-map map)))
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59 (defun electric-help-mode ()
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60 "`with-electric-help' temporarily places its buffer in this mode.
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61 \(On exit from `with-electric-help', the buffer is put in `default-major-mode'.)"
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62 (setq buffer-read-only t)
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63 (setq mode-name "Help")
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64 (setq major-mode 'help)
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65 (setq mode-line-buffer-identification '(" Help: %b"))
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66 (use-local-map electric-help-map)
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67 ;; this is done below in with-electric-help
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68 ;(run-hooks 'electric-help-mode-hook)
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71 (defun with-electric-help (thunk &optional buffer noerase)
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72 "Arguments are THUNK &optional BUFFER NOERASE. BUFFER defaults to \"*Help*\"
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73 THUNK is a function of no arguments which is called to initialize
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74 the contents of BUFFER. BUFFER will be erased before THUNK is called unless
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75 NOERASE is non-nil. THUNK will be called with `standard-output' bound to
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76 the buffer specified by BUFFER
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78 After THUNK has been called, this function \"electrically\" pops up a window
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79 in which BUFFER is displayed and allows the user to scroll through that buffer
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80 in electric-help-mode.
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81 When the user exits (with `electric-help-exit', or otherwise) the help
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82 buffer's window disappears (i.e., we use `save-window-excursion')
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83 BUFFER is put into `default-major-mode' (or `fundamental-mode') when we exit"
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84 (setq buffer (get-buffer-create (or buffer "*Help*")))
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85 (let ((one (one-window-p t))
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86 (config (current-window-configuration))
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87 (bury nil))
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88 (unwind-protect
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89 (save-excursion
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90 (if one (goto-char (window-start (selected-window))))
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91 (let ((pop-up-windows t))
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96 (setq buffer-read-only nil)
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97 (or noerase (erase-buffer)))
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98 (let ((standard-output buffer))
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99 (if (not (funcall thunk))
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100 (progn
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101 (set-buffer buffer)
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102 (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
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103 (goto-char (point-min))
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104 (if one (shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer (selected-window))))))
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105 (set-buffer buffer)
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106 (run-hooks 'electric-help-mode-hook)
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107 (if (eq (car-safe (electric-help-command-loop))
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108 'retain)
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109 (setq config (current-window-configuration))
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110 (setq bury t)))
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111 (message "")
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112 (set-buffer buffer)
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113 (setq buffer-read-only nil)
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114 (condition-case ()
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115 (funcall (or default-major-mode 'fundamental-mode))
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116 (error nil))
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117 (set-window-configuration config)
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118 (if bury
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119 (progn
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120 ;;>> Perhaps this shouldn't be done.
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121 ;; so that when we say "Press space to bury" we mean it
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122 (replace-buffer-in-windows buffer)
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123 ;; must do this outside of save-window-excursion
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124 (bury-buffer buffer))))))
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126 (defun electric-help-command-loop ()
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127 (catch 'exit
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128 (if (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max))
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129 (progn (message "<<< Press Space to bury the help buffer >>>")
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130 (if (equal (setq unread-command-events (list (read-event)))
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132 (progn (setq unread-command-events nil)
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133 (throw 'exit t)))))
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134 (let (up down both neither
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135 (standard (and (eq (key-binding " ")
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136 'scroll-up)
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137 (eq (key-binding "\^?")
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138 'scroll-down)
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139 (eq (key-binding "Q")
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140 'electric-help-exit)
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141 (eq (key-binding "q")
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142 'electric-help-exit))))
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143 (Electric-command-loop
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144 'exit
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145 (function (lambda ()
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146 (let ((min (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-min)))
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147 (max (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max))))
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149 (cond (standard "Press Q to exit ")
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150 (neither)
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151 (t (setq neither (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-up] to exit ")))))
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152 (min
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153 (cond (standard "Press SPC to scroll, Q to exit ")
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154 (up)
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155 (t (setq up (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-up] to scroll; \\[electric-help-exit] to exit ")))))
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159 (t (setq down (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-down] to scroll back, \\[scroll-up] to exit ")))))
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163 (t (setq both (substitute-command-keys "Press \\[scroll-up] to scroll, \\[scroll-down] to scroll back, \\[electric-help-exit] to exit ")))))))))
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170 ; (interactive "P")
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171 ; (if (and (null arg) (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max)))
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172 ; (electric-help-exit)
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175 (defun electric-help-exit ()
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176 ">>>Doc"
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178 (throw 'exit t))
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185 (throw 'exit '(retain)))
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190 (error "%s is undefined -- Press %s to exit"
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191 (mapconcat 'single-key-description (this-command-keys) " ")
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192 (if (eq (key-binding "Q") 'electric-help-exit)
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194 (substitute-command-keys "\\[electric-help-exit]"))))
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198 (defun electric-help-help ()
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200 (if (and (eq (key-binding "Q") 'electric-help-exit)
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202 (eq (key-binding "\^?") 'scroll-down))
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203 (message "SPC scrolls forward, DEL scrolls back, Q exits and burys help buffer")
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204 ;; to give something for user to look at while slow substitute-cmd-keys
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205 ;; grinds away
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206 (message "Help...")
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207 (message "%s" (substitute-command-keys "\\[scroll-up] scrolls forward, \\[scroll-down] scrolls back, \\[electric-help-exit] exits.")))
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215 (let* ((p (symbol-function 'print-help-return-message))
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217 (m (buffer-modified-p b)))
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218 (and b (not (get-buffer-window b))
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222 (message "%s..." (capitalize (symbol-name fun)))
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223 ;; with-output-to-temp-buffer marks the buffer as unmodified.
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228 ;;>> args for a command and return a list of those args.
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230 ;;>> (The only problem with this is that interactive-p
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232 ;;>> any case that I don't care)
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247 (set-buffer-modified-p t)))
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248 (fset 'print-help-return-message 'ignore)
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249 (call-interactively fun)
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251 (get-buffer-window (get-buffer name))
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252 (or (not b)
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254 (not (buffer-modified-p b)))))
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259 (set-buffer-modified-p m))))))
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260 (with-electric-help 'ignore name t))))
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264 (interactive)
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265 (electric-helpify 'describe-key))
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268 (interactive)
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269 (electric-helpify 'describe-mode))
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272 (interactive)
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273 (electric-helpify 'view-lossage))
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275 ;(defun electric-help-for-help ()
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276 ; "See help-for-help"
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277 ; (interactive)
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281 (interactive)
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285 (interactive)
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289 (interactive)
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293 (interactive)
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297 (interactive)
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310 (substitute-key-definition 'describe-key 'electric-describe-key map)
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319 (fset 'ehelp-command map)))
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